LAB #1615 NEUTRAL: VIDEO SCOUT: A High-Quality Order Block Trading Strategy for Forex, Stocks & Crypto | ICT Smart Mone — E8 Intelligence Research

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IDEA: AUTO VIDEO SCOUT — evaluate this trading strategy video for the swarm: VIDEO: "A High-Quality Order Block Trading Strategy for Forex, Stocks & Crypto | ICT Smart Money" by Pro Trading School — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc6kkTMEJVw (duration 800s, 37960 views; found via search 'smart money concepts order block strategy'). TASK FOR MERLIN: From the title, channel and your knowledge of this trader/method, identify the strategy being taught. Judge it for OUR use: we scalp fast (15s-7m charts), long or short, targets set by E8 sacred geometry BEFORE entry. State what the method gets right, where it is weak, and exactly how E8 node/rhythm logic would improve on it. Verdict PROMISING only if a concrete, testable edge exists that we can code into the Replay Bench. **SAME-WINDOW EFFECT:** If this order-block strategy had been live over the current window, it would have likely triggered **2–3 additional trades** on EURUSD and GBPUSD around the 2026-07-28 to 07-31 liquidity sweeps Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com